Balenciaga

Balenciaga SA
Company typeSubsidiary (société anonyme)
IndustryFashion
Predecessor
  • Balenciaga y Compañía
  • EISA, S.A.
FoundedSan Sebastián, Spain, 1919 (1919)
FounderCristóbal Balenciaga
Headquarters
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Number of employees
1,325 (2019)
ParentKering
Websitebalenciaga.com

Balenciaga SA (/bəˌlɛnsiˈɑːɡə/ bə-LEN-see-AH-gə[1]) is a luxury fashion house founded in 1919 by the Spanish couturier Cristóbal Balenciaga in San Sebastián, Spain. Balenciaga produces ready-to-wear footwear, handbags, and accessories, and licenses its name and branding to Coty for fragrances.[2] It is currently owned by the French corporation Kering.

  1. ^ "Balenciaga". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th ed.). HarperCollins.
  2. ^ "What is the State of Luxury's Hundred Million Dollar Licensing Deals?". The Fashion Law. May 10, 2018. Retrieved September 3, 2022.